Print and Radio

Recent press from "The Leader" in Melbourne:

“I like that moment of hesitation, to mesmerise the viewer for a moment.” RFK

To read the full article click HERE and if your keen to tune into another interview I am doing a Radio session Friday March 28th @ 5pm (AES) at JOYFM click HERE to listen in.

More pics and press to come.

 

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"Paper or Plastic"

Created out of post industrial material this large woven installation is a space for the viewer to immerse themselves in. This meditative space was constructed to contemplate the limitations of duality, the two choices we are often left with; the individual or the group, up or down, paper or plastic. The seeming dichotomy of choice limits our understanding as we assume two opposing sides exist yet when two different particles come together in the CERN Hadron Collider something new occurs.  We can also see this in nature as with dawn and twilight the middle ground between light and shadow or in the converging of perpendicular lines that can create a woven structure. This integration is expressive of a new conception of living, one that oscillates between our desire for universal truths and relativism. Use this installation to contemplate these contradictions, allow yourself to move between conflicting sides as well as beyond them.

is it paper or plastic? or just bring your own….

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A special thanks to:

Fehily Contemporary

Meet The Makers

The City of Yarra

Bernie Allibrando

 

 

 

An Intimate Engagement...

Meet The Makers

 

The last weekend in March brings about a change in the weather and a unique opportunity for Melbournians to engage with artists in gallery spaces, studios and markets. Join in the fun and artistic endeavors with selected artist as yours truly will be at  Fehily Contemporary  on Mar 28th 7-8pm. 

See links below for details:

http://meetthemakers.net.au/#program

www.ryanfkennedy.com

Updated Website

 

FOR WEBSITE CLICK HERE

Melbourne 2014

Over the next several months i will be working in a Brunswick art studio creating works for the upcoming 2014 edition of Meet The Maker, curated by international art consultant Bernie Alibrando. Below is a short video displaying a bit of the process and finished works that are to be showcased at Meet The Maker.

Spoken Word'13

In Stockholm for Fall'13 my friend Gustav Hagberg hosted me for a poetry reading at Mellqvist Kaffebar, "Spoken Word'13" was a selection of poems expressing the creative processes, constructive social criticism and matters of the heart.

NEO POETRY

NEW WRITTEN WORD


"the measure of achievement is not won by the confidence
of the authority behind
yet in persuaded patience & fair dealing"



RFK13


NEW WRITTEN WORD

ac*tu*al*ism   

\ak-ch(e-w)el-iz-em-\

noun

• a practice of art where works are created by hand, through action and are real

• an art form in which the artists intent is to create a unique work expressing the undefinable, the will to create

• a state of mental transcendence enabled by means of voluntarily doing rather than contemplating mere potential

Origin: Contemporary English actualism, from Late Latin actualis, from Latin actus act.
 
First Use: 21st century
 
Quote:
    "Actualism calls upon an artist to manipulate what is at hand in order to transcend the mind, so it is action which becomes the machine that creates the art. When an artist uses actualism as their form of art, it means the work is constructed in a meditative state of solidarity enabling action to be primary in a creations execution and the idea to a perfunctory affair."
                    
Ryan F Kennedy ' 2013

Collabrative Work @ ACU

Finished working with the students at ACU in there art's education department, see the link below for more details:

ACU WEBSITE